He made a mistake, so he told a lie to avoid .A. punishingB. punishedC. being punishedD. b

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A. punishing
B. punished
C. being punished
D. being punishing
解析：本题的含义是他犯了错误，说谎避免被惩罚，avoid doing sth表示避免做某事，本题表示被动意思，可用being+过去分词punished，故本题选C。